In a letter sent to ICANN, the Chair, ICANN Business Constituency (BC) told ICANN what we at TheDomains.com said over a year ago, that allowing new gTLD's of plural and singular of the same term is a bad idea. "As we move towards the launch of the first new gTLDs this year, the Business Constituency is extremely concerned about ICANN’s intention to delegate both singular and plural versions of … [Read more...]
ICANN Announces 1st New gTLD Added to the Root
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) from its New gTLD Program were delegated. This means they were introduced into the Internet's Root Zone, the central authoritative database for the Internet's Domain Name System. As a result, the domain name Registries, the organizations approved to operate … [Read more...]
Verisign Vs ICANN Round 3
In a letter sent to ICANN yesterday by Verisign's Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Policy of VeriSign, Inc. responded to the response he received from his initil letter to ICANN seeking to "set the record straight" As the previous two letters its worth a read: Dear Cyrus, I was disappointed by your October 3, 2013, response to my August 30 letter to Fadi. But before I tell you why, let me … [Read more...]
First 4 New gTLD’s (ALL IDN’s) Cleared By ICANN To Go To Delegation
According to an announcement by ICANN, today, the first four domains from ICANN’s New Generic Top-Level Domains Program were cleared to proceed to delegation. These first new gTLDs, or strings, are: شبكة (xn--ngbc5azd) – the Arabic word for “Web” or “Network” Registry : International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd. онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Russian for “Online” Registry: Core Association сайт … [Read more...]
Guest Post: Newcomer Stymied By ICANN and ICC’s Process
This is a guest post by Christopher R Barron, who is the Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of GOProud. "GOProud is a national organization of gay and straight Americans who seek to promote freedom by supporting free markets, limited government, and a respect for individual rights. We work on the federal … [Read more...]
ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan
On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board's New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan ("The Plan") Tonight ICANN released details on how it will be implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan. For those Registries that have already signed a Registry Agreement the contract have been notified that … [Read more...]
CADNA Calls On Congress To Increase Cybersquatting Penalties Under The ACPA & Include Registrars/Registries
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) posted a story on its site, written by Warren Communications News, Inc., which quotes Josh Bourne Director of CADNA: "The problem of cybersquatting is going to "explode by at least 2,500 percent when new gTLDs go live" "CADNA will start a letter-writing campaign and continue to seek a sponsor for a revision to 1999's Anticybersquatting … [Read more...]